Jean Towler, Joan Bramall

Midwives in History and Society (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1986, this book examines the history of midwifery, concentrating on 19th and 20th Century Britain. It shows how the evolution of the midwife has been influenced by cultural waves which started in the Near East and Egypt in pre-classical times and slowly spread Northwards and Eastwards over Europe. The authors emphasize the effects of specialization and professionalization upon midwifery and also the influence of male authority and interest group politics. The evolution of the educated qualified midwife of the 20th Century is recorded, leading up to the ongoing debates about high technology birth vis-à-vis natural birth and home deliveries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000853513
• Artikelnr.: 66982498

Autorenporträt

Jean Towler and Joan Bramall

Inhaltsangabe

1. In the Beginning 2. Midwives in Early History 3. Customs and Practices
Associated with Childbearing in the Dark Ages and Medieval Period 4. The
Emergence of English Midwives and European Influences on Midwifery Practice
5. The Development of Midwifery as a Science and the Beginning of
Obstetrics in England 6. He-Midwife or She-Midwife? Eighteenth-Century
Midwives and their Battle for Survival 7. Nineteenth-Century Midwives and
their Struggle for State Recognition 8. The Twentieth-Century State
Certified Midwife 9. The Midwife's Battle for Survival 10. The Reappraisal
of Childbirth Practices and the Restoration of the Midwife. Appendix 1:
Statutory Bodies and Legislation Appendix 2: Central Midwives Board.